Lack of hamonised database of Nigerians may derail target deliveries of ERGP—FG
The federal government may have agreed finally that hamonising all biometric database of Nigerians remains a key factor in the success of its key development template, the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). Indications to this were made public by…
Paucity of fund frustrating NIMC’s plan to mass produce national identity cards—DG
Beyond the rhetoric of claiming that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) cannot produce national identity cards for everyone who enrolled for it, the Act establishing the agency is very clear card issuance after all. NIMC Act provided that the…
Aziz, NIMC boss visits FCT minister, gets NIN as precondition for land allocation
The Director General of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr Aliyu Aziz and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammed Bello have sealed an understanding that will grow serve a dual purpose. Whereas the FCT Administration will henceforth make…
See NIMC’s NIN Slip as official transaction identity document, Reps tells CBN, other
As part of official drive to encourage Nigerians to go for their National Identification Number (NIN) slip at the designated centres mapped out by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), the leadership of House of Representative has urged the Central…
Multiple ID system hindering effective credit delivery –Ghanaian expert
At a time the Director General of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engineer Aliyu Aziz had been crusading the need for all Nigerian to go and register for his or her National Identity Number (NIN); a lead to national ID…
NIMC targets 50m Nigerians in NIN before year end with 900 centres—Aziz
As part of new drive to deepen the databank of biometrics of Nigerian, the management of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has set out modalities to capture well over 50 million Nigerians on its ongoing registration for the National…
Nigerians can get unique identity in few years if agencies work together—NIMC DG
The Director-General of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr Aliyu Aziz, has given antidote to the achievement of unique identity statuses for every Nigerian, saying the plan can only work when all relevant agencies of the government decide to work…
Nigeria software industry innovative, virile but lacks govts’ support— Olajide
More Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Nigeria have continued to raise issues bordering on government’s lack of commitments to the development of software sub sector of the industry. Latest concern was put on the public burner by the executive…
Can Nigeria’s national ID card, GhanaCard schemes become reality this year?
Whereas Ghana’s national ID card project known as GhanaCard is being touted to begin this January 2018, after missing two takeoff dates, investigations on Nigeria’s national ID scheme which took off since last administration and still crawling now show that…
Attorney General approves mandatory use of NIN as NIMC gazettes regulation
As part of concreted drive by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to deepen the value of National Identity Number (NIN), it has gazetted and published five (5) Regulations. The gazetting stemmed from the express approval received from the Attorney…
